Incomer said:
Mumorpuger said:
The most recent Jimquisition has made me see these DLC "Season Passes" in a new light. I'm not buying into this crapshoot, especially after Bioshock 2 got a resounding "Meh" from almost everyone who played it.
Are are aware of the fact that Bioshock 2 was made by entirely different team then the original right?

Though I agree with your view on pre-orders and DLC. The only game I ever pre-ordered was Dragon Age 2 (insert random F... me right meme).
To be honest with you when you put something in the same series, especially as a numeric sequel, I don't really care if another team did it or not, it deserves to be slammed for not living up to the standards. Excuses after the fact are just that.
That said, I personally didn't have much problem with Bioshock 2, I actually felt some of the gameplay itself was better than the first game. My biggest issue was the writing, which seemed to be like someone read internet commentary from left wingers about how the game "zapped" conservatives/Ann Rand/etc.. and ran with that, rather than actually paying attention to what the original game was saying, what went wrong, and why things failed. When we had tapes of Ryan basically "getting his evil on" in various places I felt it was largely written by people who not only didn't get the character, but also weren't aware of why the big "Wow" moment when you meet him, figure out what's going on, and what he's all about, which arguably sold the entire game.
Speaking for myself, I think they never should have greenlit it without more review on the script and writing. But then again in today's game industry, they want to slap a franchise name onto everything they can.